A shooting at a house party in Gatineau sent one man to hospital with a gunshot wound to his abdomen.

Gatineau police said the shooting happened around 2:55 a.m. Sunday at 34 Cartier St.

Lt. Jean-François Beauchamp said police arrived at the house to find a 26-year-old male had been shot in the stomach. There were approximately 25 people inside the house at the time of the shooting, Beauchamp said.

Police immediately set up a perimeter and called in tactical and K-9 officers to search for a male suspect who had fled on foot, but were unable to locate him.

The victim was taken to hospital in Hull where he underwent emergency surgery, Beauchamp said. The severity of his injuries was not known, although police said he was in stable condition Sunday afternoon.

The reason for the shooting had not yet been established, Beauchamp said.

The nearby Alonzo Wright bridge was closed to traffic for several hours after the shooting, but was reopened Sunday morning. Police blocked both ends of Cartier Street while they investigated Sunday.

A command post was set up at a nearby shopping plaza near the corner of Saint-Louis Street and La Verendyre Boulevard.